Investment growth in emerging market and developing economies has slowed sharply since 2010. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the causes and implications of this slowdown and presents a menu of policy responses to improve investment growth. It reports four main results. First, the...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Setting the scene -- 2. How did the idea of PPPs arise? -- 3. Exploring what PPPs can and cannot do -- 4. Can PPPs ever be good value? -- 5. Why choose a PPP? -- 6. Ppps and megaprojects -- 7. Where to now for PPPs? -- 8. Conclusions references Index

Sovereign wealth funds represent a large and growing pool of savings. An increasing number of these funds are owned by natural resource-exporting countries and have a variety of objectives, including intergenerational equity and macroeconomic stabilization. Traditionally, these funds have...

The accession of ten new members to the European Union on May 1st 2004 is among the most significant developments in the history of European integration. Based upon studies conducted by the European Forecasting Network, this book analyses key aspects of the impact of this recent enlargement with...

Sovereign wealth funds represent a large and growing pool of savings. An increasing number of these funds are owned by natural resource?exporting countries and have a variety of objectives, including intergenerational equity and macroeconomic stabilization. Traditionally, these funds have...

Bisherige Produktivitätssteigerungen, die durch breitbändige Innovationen ermöglicht wurden, sind eindeutig belegt. Die im internationalen Vergleich nur durchschnittliche Verfügbarkeit von Breitbandinfrastruktur in Österreich lässt auf Wachstumspotential schließen. Insbesondere...

Gutachten im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie Angesichts seit längerer Zeit rückläufiger öffentlicher Investitionen in Deutschland wird vielfach eine deutliche Ausweitung staatlicher Infrastrukturinvestitionen gefordert, um vermeintliche oder tatsächliche...